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Fraud is big business: not only is it one of the easiest crimes to commit, but its also one with the most lenient punishments. So how can we put a stop to it, how can we protect ourselves, and what new dangers do we need to be looking out for?Deeply researched and filled with expert testimony, The Future of Fraud explores interesting fraud cases past and present, from the first officially recorded case of a Greek sea merchant attempting to commit insurance fraud in 300 BC, to todays sophisticated technology perfectly poised to exploit via social media, the dark web, gaming, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence.The only way to tackle the fraud epidemic, argues Holmes, is head on, via education, language, technology and regulation. We need everyone to understand the dangers and have protections in place to stop the bad guys. Are we fighting a losing battle, or can we make the future a safer place for all?

Every city has its ghosts. Ravn just hunts the ones that still breathe.Former investigator, Thomas Ravnsholdtknown as Ravndrifts like wreckage along Copenhagens harbour, numbed by cheap liquor and old wounds. But his peace is shattered when a desperate young woman shows up, pleading for help: her brother has vanished after stealing millions.The trail leads Ravn from the windy docks of Copenhagen to Berlin, where ghosts of the Cold War still linger: Stasi files, double agents, and brutality that never truly came to an end. Ravn soon realises that the missing is not merely lost, but ensnared in a deadly web.Dark and unnerving, The Missing blends a classic disappearance mystery with Nordic Noir slow-burning tension. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbs and Jussi Adler-Olsens haunted detectives.

Em "Do outro lado do tempo", seu sexto livro de poemas editado pela Nova Fronteira, Carlos Newton Júnior, considerado pela crítica como um dos maiores poetas da sua geração, aprofunda a sua investiga

We sat on our bags and waited, our cargo piled high beside us. The tide lapped at the stone wall below us, and in that moment, with the land behind and the sea in front, I felt the first real jolt of what we were doing. This is real. Its happening.Lesley Bond and her partner, Gordon, were the first couple to embark on the six-month caretaking residency on the Great Blasket Island, one of Irelands most remote and historically rich locations. With no electricity, hot water or modern conveniences, their daily existence was like nothing they had experienced before.A unique blend of personal reflection and rich heritage, Blasket Bound reveals how the past continues to shape the present. It is a deep exploration of identity, illustrating how the environments we inhabit and the histories we inherit leave an indelible mark.

Operational Intelligence: The Power of Digital, Data and AI is a practical and values-led guide for education leaders navigating the realities of digital transformation.Schools and colleges are awash with data. Attendance records, assessment results, safeguarding logs, financial reports, surveys and system analytics generate a constant stream of information. Yet despite this abundance, many institutions remain "data rich but insight poor" - managing fragmented systems, duplicated processes and disconnected reports that create noise rather than clarity.This book offers a structured pathway out of that complexity.Drawing on real-world leadership experience in further education, Chris Loveday sets out a coherent six-layer framework that moves institutions from scattered systems to fully integrated operational intelligence. Beginning with strong digital strategy and governance, the book explores how to build reliable foundations: clean, connected data; cloud infrastructure; a unified data warehouse; and a shared semantic layer that ensures everyone speaks the same data language. Only then does it introduce dashboards, analytics and AI - positioned not as shiny solutions, but as tools that amplify professional judgement.At its core, Operational Intelligence argues that technology should serve people, not replace them. AI is framed as a catalyst for clarity, efficiency and fairness, freeing leaders and staff to focus on what matters most: teaching, support and student success. The book tackles the cultural and ethical dimensions of transformation alongside the technical ones, addressing governance, trust, workload, sustainability and proportionate use of automation.Through practical examples, implementation lessons and reflective questions at the end of each chapter, leaders are guided to:Develop a clear digital strategy aligned to institutional valuesDesign a coherent and scalable digital ecosystemMigrate responsibly to the cloudIntegrate data into a single source of truthDefine meaningful KPIs that drive improvementEmbed dashboards and AI insights into everyday workflowsLead cultural change with confidence and integrityThis is not a technical manual. It is a leadership blueprint for building institutions that think, act and improve intelligently.For vice principals, headteachers, governors, CFOs, CIOs and digital leaders, Operational Intelligence provides the architecture, language and confidence needed to move beyond digital patchwork and towards purposeful, sustainable transformation.Because the future of education will not be defined by how much data we hold - but by how wisely we use it.

Déplacer un objet vers l’arrière dans le Passé équivaut à le réduire en ses éléments les plus simples. Suivies aussi loin que possible dans la direction de leurs origines, les dernières fibres du com

Segreti di famiglia, bugie e ossessioni: dallautore bestseller da oltre quattro milioni di copie Mark Edwards arriva un mix avvincente tra thriller psicologico e paranormaleLa vita di Isabel sembrava perfetta. Successo negli affari, una bella casa, un marito che la adorava. E subito dopo era morta.Per quattro anni Jessica non ha mai dubitato che la morte di sua sorella Isabel sia stata un incidente. Ma quando la giovane figlia di Jessica dimostra di conoscere dettagli a lungo dimenticati sul passato della zia, Jessica non riesce a liberarsi della sensazione che dietro a quella tragedia si nasconda una verita piu sinistra.Mentre Jessica porta alla luce rivelazioni inquietanti sulla sorella e sulle persone che amava e di cui si fidava di piu, diventa lentamente chiaro che la vita di Isabel fosse tuttaltro che perfetta. E che anche quella di Jessica potrebbe essere a rischio.Qualcuno ha davvero ucciso Isabel e adesso sta cercando Jessica e la sua famiglia? La chiave per comprendere tutto sembra essere nelle mani di una bambina. Riuscira Isabel a rivelare dalloltretomba la verita su quanto e accaduto o la risposta a tutte le domande e piu vicina di quanto sembri?

Tetelestai – O Escândalo da Cruz é uma obra que convida o leitor a mergulhar no mistério central da fé cristã: a morte e ressurreição de Jesus. Unindo pesquisa histórica, reflexões teológicas e inspi

MEET THE SOUL MAGICIANS WHO FIRST TRIED TO UNCOVER THE MYSTERY OF THE UNCONSCIOUS. Its the beginning of the twentieth century, and members of the Wednesday Circle hurry through Viennas darkening streets. Dr. Freud does not tolerate lateness, and the men invited to join his new society sense they are on the brink of something momentous. In his study, through a haze of cigar smoke, these early psychoanalysts alight on a profound and shocking idea that will alter modern life: the existence of the psyche.In this entertaining history, psychologist Steve Ayan introduces the twentieth-century visionaries who ignited a revolution of the mind. It is a story of breakthroughs in the treatment of mental illness, but also of dubious dream interpretations, affairs with patients, and feuding factions. At a moment when therapy has become a cultural commonplace, Ayan offers a captivating portrait of the figures behind these pioneering theories, from Melanie Klein to Carl Jung.Blending immersive storytelling with rigorous research, Soul Magic returns us to the origins of psychotherapy and the thinkers who first pulled back the curtain on the mysterious forces at work within us all.PRAISE FOR SOUL MAGIC:Evocative storytelling. . . invites us to reconsider the legendary who shaped our talking cure Julia Bueno, author of Everyones a CriticA brilliant writerTages AnziegerCaptivating. . . Enriched with numerous historical imagesMDR WissenTells the story so richlyDeutschlandfunk Kultur

Este livro é o relato sincero e corajoso de uma vida marcada por escolhas, erros, acertos, quedas e recomeços. Por muitos anos, o silêncio foi a capa que escondia dores profundas, segredos guardados

Penniless and newly orphaned Briar Monroe finds shelter at Thornby Manor, a brooding estate above a mist-shrouded lake. But whispers of a dead wife, an estranged son and locked-away secrets haunt its corridors Atmospheric, intoxicating and laced with peril a spellbinding historical mystery of love, betrayal, obsession and a house that will not forgetWith echoes of many gothic romances, Thornby Manor nonetheless has its own take on the genre a compelling tale Sunday TimesGloriously and traditionally gothic, rich in mist, rattling windowpanes, hidden missives and feverish dreams an addictive Victorian mystery Joanna MillerA gripping gothic tale, simmering with menace A.J. WestOozing with menace, this intoxicating mystery reveals just how dangerous it was to be a woman in a time when her every move could be turned against her Heat magazine Book of the WeekFuses the brooding sense of menace of a Bronte novel with the twisty notes of a suspense thriller. A deliciously absorbing gothic mystery Vaseem KhanAtmospheric and accomplished steeped in the gothic tradition of mystery and grief Essie FoxThere suddenly was Thornby Manor.I would never forget the first time I saw itA talisman of darkness, an emblem of deathWarwickshire, 1891. Recently orphaned and left destitute, Briar Monroe accepts the protection of Lord Danville and the shadowed sanctuary of Thornby Manor. The great house looms above a mist-shrouded lake, its corridors heavy with secrets not least the mysterious death of Lady Elizabeth Danville, and the unspoken tensions between her formidable widower and his magnetic son, Gabriel.As Briar navigates the undercurrents of a household ruled by watchful servants and locked doors, she is drawn ever deeper into a web of suspicion, desire and fear. Whispers in the night, figures at windows, and a constant sense of being watched leave her questioning not only the truth about Thornby, but her own safety within its walls.Atmospheric, intoxicating and laced with peril, Thornby Manor is a gothic tale of betrayal, obsession and a house that never forgets.A simmering, haunting debut for readers who loved Jane Eyre, Rebecca, The Woman in White and The Silent Companions[An] enthralling gothic debut beautifully written, brimming with tension and full or intriguing, morally grey characters. A wonderfully dark historical mystery that kept me reading until 1am! Caroline LeaGothic fiction has a new star Annie GarthwaiteDark, deliciously unsettling A spellbinding, emotionally intense, intelligent tale dripping with betrayal and obsession Barbara HavelockeDarkly dramatic, delicious fun. If you love a gothic novel full of secrets to be unpacked this is one for you Liz HyderFull of darkness and twisted secrets Kate GriffinThis tale of mystery and madness, of deception and defiance, of scandal and suspicion, will have readers compulsively turning pages deep into the night Naomi KelseyA chilling gothic mystery as unsettling as the mist that swirls around the manor. The final twist took my breath away Emma CowingImmersive and chilling gothic novel with a mystery that keeps you guessing until the final chapter Rachel Louise DriscollA tense, atmospheric and masterful work of gothic fiction as chilling as it is intoxicating Cathryn KempFloorboards creak in the night, shadows flit along corridors, and everywhere there is a sense of being watched a gripping gothic masterpiece Gill Paul

When Caroline Alleyn inherits Wickham Grange, all she wants to do is sell up. There are bad memories there, linked to her childhood as the daughter of a single mother and to all the other mothers she knew in that house. But her grandmother Francess will means that it cant be sold without the consent of five elderly women, and they all refuse. None of them will tell her why she has to keep a house she doesnt want. Instead, she is given a stark warning: dont look for Lizzie Sixpence.Though Caroline has other worries. Someone is watching her; the houses elderly tenants are lying to her; and an old man is hoarding mementoes of her past.Then she finds the bones.And Caroline is left with a choice: keep silent, or betray everything her grandmother stood for. Because there is one final secret to be revealed

Storytelling is a fundamental part of what it means to be human.Since we were first able to communicate with each other, stories have formed a basis for our cultures, communities and collaborative ventures. Tales such as Little Red Riding Hood and The Blacksmith and The Devil are thought to be over 5,000 years old.From the oldest known cave paintings found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, to the modern debate about the role of artificial intelligence in our creative endeavours within these pages lies a concise history of storytelling, written by an experienced storyteller with a passion for stories in all their forms.

As bodies continue to fall and the past bleeds into the present, Dr Alan Twist must confront a killer no one can see and a crime that defies logic.Three young ladies are thrown into raging waters, seemingly pushed by an invisible hand. Six years later, when a famous actor is flung from his window, eye witnesses agree: it was as if he was shoved from behind by an unseen murderer, imitating the inexplicable death of a young lady in the same house over fifty years earlier. Renowned sleuth Dr Alan Twist and his partner Inspector Hurst go to the eerie landscape of Dartmoor to investigate. But invisible killers are hard to bring to justice

"An ebullient examination of madness, mortality, suicide... Montero finds that deviance is often just a more truthful account of normal human behavior." Chris KrausA dazzling journey into the eccentric, troubled, and luminous minds that shaped literature.In this bold, personal, and deeply researched blend of memoir, essay, literary analysis, psychological reflection, and intellectual sleuth story, Montero draws on psychology, neuroscience, creative literature, and the testimonies and biographies of authors and artists to weave a fascinating narrative on the connection between creativity and mental instability.With intelligence, generosity, and narrative elan, Montero brings to life figures such as Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, Marcel Proust, Joseph Conrad, and Doris Lessing, painting a fresco of the ways in which the brain works, its quirks and dark corners. She breaks down the forces that influence creativity and miraculously reassembles them before the readers eyes over three hundred gripping pages.Like a masterfully plotted detective story, each clue leads readers one step closer to new definitions of both the creative act and of what is and is not "normal." Blending intimate memoir with wide-ranging cultural history, The Danger to Be Sane is a moving and inspirational homage to minds and lives that are outside of the mean.Twas a Divine Insanity TheDangerto be Sane From Emily Dickinson, Poem 593

In August 1939, a ship flying the Polish flag docked in Buenos Aires. On board was a delegation of businessmen, diplomats and journalists. Days later, the captain received orders to return home with all crew and passengers in light of the imminent outbreak of the Second World War. But one man, fascinated by the city, chose to stay at the very last minute. Thus began the unexpected twenty-four-year Argentine exile of one of the twentieth centurys major writers: Witold Gombrowicz. Drawing on his writings and interviews with surviving disciples, writers and scholars, Mercedes Halfons Outsider Everywhere traces Gombrowiczs Argentine years in elegant, pared-back prose, and composes a vivid account of mid-century bohemia in Buenos Aires. Brilliantly translated by Rahul Bery, Mercedes Halfons Outsider Everywhere is a gripping portrait of a literary figure on the margins who rose to prominence late in life to become one of the greatest novelists of our century (Milan Kundera).

Em um mundo marcado por dúvidas, medo e dispersão, este livro convida o leitor a retornar a uma verdade antiga e poderosa: o homem carrega dentro de si uma centelha criadora que lhe foi confiada por

Entre o morro e o asfalto, entre a farda e a fé, existe um homem que aprendeu que o preço da honra é o próprio sangue. Sargento Rufollo não busca glória — busca sentido. Cada operação é uma ferida ab

Em Dupla Vida, o leitor é conduzido ao coração de um dos casos mais enigmáticos da justiça americana — a história real de um médico que viveu entre duas famílias, dois países e duas identidades. Quan

O Projeto Gama é um livro-jogo ambientado no Rio de Janeiro contemporâneo, onde o brilho do carnaval contrasta com as sombras da violência urbana. A história coloca o leitor no papel de coautor, cond